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650 wheels - Looking at race wheels - rent? buy used? rear disk cover?

Leslie SedlakLeslie Sedlak
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I have a Trek Concept with 650 wheels.  I'm doing 70.3 Madison and Boulder this year and thought I might want to try my hand at race wheels.  After calling around to a couple bike shops in the area - they don't have any 650 race wheels to rent.  So I thought I might as well look on-line for some used ones.  Holy cow there are a lot of options.  I also know many EN athletes use the disk covers.  I had looked into that years ago, and didn't do it as I had discussions about how the covers don't always work great with Trek Concept frame design (not fitting perfectly).  Any thoughts or suggestions?
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  • Derrek SanksDerrek Sanks
    Leslie,

    Have you checked out racedaywheels.com? Looks like they rent Zipp FC 404 front and back wheels in the 650cc.

    You are correct that an Aero Wheel Cover from Wheel Builder is incompatible with Trek Speed Concept.
  • Leslie SedlakLeslie Sedlak
    @Derrek Sanks THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!  for $30 - I'm sold!!!  I've promised my husband new bikes in the next 3-5 years, I'll get a 700 wheel set, and we both get one set of race wheels to share - since we can't race together because of little kids (and if we ever do - they're mine!)  But this is awesome AND EASY - Thanks so much!
  • Derrek SanksDerrek Sanks
    @Leslie Sedlak - You're welcome. I've used them several times with zero issues. Btw, the $30 is the deposit to reserve the wheels; cost per set is around $170. 
  • Leslie SedlakLeslie Sedlak
    @Derrek Sanks - HA!  that shows how out of the loop I am on gear :)  I thought $30 was super cheap :)
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